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quarrelsome

Speech parts

1. quarrelsome - Adjective

2. quarrelsome - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed. Jerome K. Jerome

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth. John Steinbeck

He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain. André Maurois

Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog, and a quarrelsome person. Persian Proverb

The dog that is quarrelsome and not strong, woe to his hide. Italian Proverb

A good swordsman is never quarrelsome. French Proverb

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